Morgan suffered third-degree burns over 85 percent of his body in a campfire accident in 2014.

Morgan said he was lighting a campfire with a gasoline can, when the nozzle of the can caught fire. He tossed it to the ground, but it exploded and burned him from the chest down.

Morgan was in such bad shape, his heart stopped at a hospital, and he had to be revived.

Doctors told Morgan his legs were so severely burned they would have to be amputated.

"I was just in so much pain," Morgan said. "There was one time I was in the hospital bed I thought about giving up. I figured if I was to let go, and if I was to die, the pain wouldn't be there anymore."

But Morgan didn't give up. Friends, family and the small-town community helped boost his spirit.

Fundraisers by the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office, police department and fire-rescue provided financial and moral support.

Just over a year after the accident, Morgan is walking again, he's back at work, and life is getting back to normal.

"I did think about giving up, but sometimes you just have to do what you've got to do," Morgan said.